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Dr Woodrow Pattinson died while diving above the shipwreck Niagara, seen here in 1937. The Royal Mail Steamer was sunk in June 1940 when it hit a German mine off the coast of Northland. Photo / NZME A diver’s dream of reaching a shipwreck cost him his life, as his …

Commentary On the night of April 14/15, 1912, the Royal Mail Ship Titanic, a British luxury passenger liner, sank in the icy waters of the western North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. The liner was making its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York when tragedy struck, resulting in the …